The Eflite Habu SS 50mm, or as I will call it, the Habu is a great plane. The Habu is a RC jet with a 50 millimeter EDF (electric ducted fan), it runs on a 3s 2200mAh 11.1v battery with a EC3 connector.
Assembling the plane is really easy, you only need to screw in nine included screws, two on the elevator, six on the wing, and one for the nose gear. The landing gear slides in very easily and just pops into place, the nose gear gets screwed in. I put my control arm on the elevator to the most inward spot to increase elevator throw, because if you do what the manual says, and put it in the most outward one, you’ll barely have any elevator authority. Also, the plane is small enough where it can fit into almost any car without removal of any part of the plane.
The jet flies great, it has dogtooth seams on the wings which create a vortex of air over the wing so it doesn’t stall at high angles of attack, so to say, if you crash this plane by stalling, you’re really talented. I would not recommend this as a first plane, because normally jets are harder to fly than a conventional plane so the risks of crashing are higher, and nobody wants to crash, but this is a great second plane. You can also hand-launch this plane, using the built in grips on the fuselage of the plane, just be careful not to throw it into the ground, like I did.
Some bad habits of the plane are losing lift on the wing quicker than a conventional plane would, but this is to be expected because this is a jet. Also, it has a shorter flight time than a conventional plane, but again this is to be expected because this is a jet. Other than those I can’t really think of any other bad habits. Although, one thing I really like about this plane is that, IT HAS A WORKING RUDDER!!! Why am I so excited about this, because most other jets in the 40-64 millimeter range don’t have working rudders, but this one does!
If you know how to fly an RC plane and you have shiny jet syndrome and you want to learn to fly a jet, get this plane. P.S, shiny jet syndrome is a real thing, Look it up!